Atlanta police: T.I. helped talk down jumper

ATLANTA (AP) -- Atlanta police negotiating with a man threateningto jump off a building got help from an unexpected source: rapperT.I.

Police spokesman Officer James Polite says the hip-hop starjoined the crowd outside the 22-story building in midtown Atlantaon Wednesday afternoon and told officers he wanted to help. Policesaid the man agreed to come down from the building in exchange fora few minutes face-to-face with T.I., whose real name is CliffordHarris.

T.I.'s publicist says the rapper heard about the situation onthe radio and decided to help.

Polite says the man, whose name was not released, was taken toGrady Memorial Hospital for treatment. He has not been charged inthe incident.

T.I. has been in legal trouble in recent years.

He spent last year in prison on federal weapons charges. Stillon supervised release, he and his wife, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle,were arrested on drug charges last month in Los Angeles.

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